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; . —9 ■'-'-; There were 645 visitors to the Museum ~7% last week. '■ > ' „ - . '\-tj~ The Queen's statue at Auckland is said " *' - to be an excellent likeness. ' — ,^ ; -' The late Baron Bothschild's, bequest" to *"■£ the British Museum is worth £300,000. *v f>' A woman named Fidela Garcleifer/,70 f ' years of age, was found rdead at Ohriat- : ;\ \ church on Saturday. v . . ~-.'|;fy;. Mr Chitham has disposed of hia pony .,', •? Bavaria, to MrTooner, owner of Little J 'r Nell, for £100. " % , /?* 4 Freezing sheep in Canterbury are fetch- ~~"'u ing 2s per head more than they did at tidaC £ time last year, »• , *£'."'. "'< s The Turks defeated the Yemen insuK>' l\ gents; killing four thousand. The losa.on'yY the Turkish side was two thousand, "-o .1 V, A weasel was discovered in the baokyarci'"i , : of a house at Wellington on Friday.io the" •» ,<■ aot of " bailing up " a cat. ; -\ ' .'= '.' 'In jumping off a sawdust track 'at.; 7 Levin a boy named Eobert Malcolm-fell^ *W aorosa the railsand broke one of hislhighC.'s' bones. ._ •-, ' .„ , • «-<{-"?"-;', A oharge against A.Crossey, licensee of-\":'; the Eanfurly Hotel, Wellington, of failing/?-? to admit the police without unneoßssary'L-fx; delay was dismissed on Friday, ' * • I**' *4
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9643, 16 January 1899, Page 2
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189FLASHES. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9643, 16 January 1899, Page 2
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